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obliquely ciii'vecl diffused rufous postmedial sliade ; cilia white at 

 tij^s. Hind wing pale reddish ochreous with traces of a rather 

 diffused curved rufous postmedial line. 



1908: Sept. 24,-1 ?. 1909: May 10,-1 $ (type). Exp. 

 18 millim. 



Pyrausta incoloralis Gueu. 

 1909 : May 3,-1 ? . 



Pyrausta sthenialis, sp, n. (PL II. fig. 47, S .) 



Mid tibife of male dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long 

 hair, the hind tibiae with the outer medial spur minute ; abdomen 

 very long with the anal tuft long. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white, the shoulders with grey 

 stripes ; f rons and palpi towards tips tinged with grey. Fore wing 

 semihyaline white ; the costal area suffused with grey ; oblique 

 slightly curved grey postmedial and subterminal lines. Hind 

 wing semihyaline white with faint curved greyish postmedial and 

 subterminal lines. 



1908 : May 4,-3 c? , 6 $ ; May 6,-1 $ ; May 28,-1 6 \ 

 Sept. 29,-2 2 (1 in B.M.); Oct. 15,-1 2 ; Oct. 20,-1 S ; 

 Kov. 13,-2 c? (1 in B.M.) ; Nov. 18,-1 6 (type). 1909: 

 Apr. 16,-1 2 (B.M.). Kvp. 22-24 millim. 



Pyrausta conistrotalis, sp. n. (PI. II. fig. 48, $ .) 



2 . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale i-eddish brown tinged with 

 grey, the vertex of head whitish ; palpi rufous, white at base ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white, the fore legs 

 brown in front. Fore wing whitish tinged with reddish brown 

 and thickly irrorated with dark brown, the costal area rather 

 browner ; antemedial line indistinct, dark, oblique towards costa, 

 angled outwards at median nervure and vein 1 and incurved below 

 the cell and above inner margin ; a minute dark spot in the cell 

 towards extremity and curved discoidal striga ; postmedial line 

 dark, waved, excurved from below costa to vein 3, then retracted 

 to lower angle of cell and erect to inner margin ; a terminal series 

 of small dark spots ; cilia with a dark line near base. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused with brown especially on terminal area ; an 

 indistinct brown postmedial line, excurved from below costa 

 to vein 2, where it is slightly angled inwards ; cilia white with a 

 dai'k line near base. 



J' . Browner ; fore wing with a faint purplish gloss. 



1908 : Oct. 23,-1 2 (type)- 



Also in B.M. from Br. E. Africa, N. Kavirondo, Maramas 

 Distr., Ilala (A'^eave), 1 d . Exp. 22 millim. 



SCELIODES LAISALIS Wlk. 



1908 : Sept. 26,-1 2 ; ^ov. 13,-1 2 • 1909 : Jan. 17,-1 2 ; 

 Feb. 25,-1 2; Oct. 17,-1 2- 



